NASDAQ 100 · WMTMT

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Breadth

64 / 101

stocks rose with the index

Concentration

38%

of the gain from GOOGL, GOOG, MSFT

Biggest driver

GOOGL +243

Alphabet Inc., +5.73%

Biggest drag

SPCX −27

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., +9.71%

What drove it

101 members · drivers first · 1M · residual 18.7bp within 80bp gate

The NASDAQ 100 rose 6.11% (+1,780 pts) on the month on a mixed tape; GOOGL, GOOG, MSFT did most of the lifting, with 38% of the gain between them.

Read the latest market-close note: Goldman and Microsoft Push the Dow to a Large Gain While Telecoms Sink Communication Services

+1,775.5 pts from 61 gainers−206.6 pts from 40 losers

net +1,779.6 pts · gainers outweigh losers 8.6 to 1

Stock

Points

Return

NASDAQ 100sum of all 101 stocks

+1,779.6

+6.11%

GOOGLAlphabet Inc.

+243.5

+5.73%

GOOGAlphabet Inc.

+222.3

+5.29%

MSFTMicrosoft Corporation

+215.9

+8.66%

AAPLApple Inc.

+125.5

+3.08%

MUMicron Technology, Inc.

+101.4

+5.28%

WMTWalmart Inc.

+80.6

+5.32%

PLTRPalantir Technologies Inc.

+78.5

+26.04%

AMDAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.

+71.8

+20.75%

METAMeta Platforms, Inc.

+64.2

+11.61%

AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.

+63.6

+4.18%

PANWPalo Alto Networks, Inc.

+54.4

+23.72%

SHOPShopify Inc.

+52.3

+34.95%

CRWDCrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.

+50.0

+31.69%

NVDANVIDIA Corporation

+29.6

+5.00%

AMGNAmgen Inc.

+27.1

+8.47%

71 othersclick to expand the full index

+252.6

PCARPACCAR Inc.

−4.5

−11.85%

QCOMQUALCOMM Incorporated

−4.7

−0.78%

BKRBaker Hughes Company

−4.9

−4.55%

ASMLASML Holding N.V. New York Registry Shares

−6.1

+5.51%

CRWVCoreWeave, Inc.

−7.1

−7.90%

NBISNebius Group N.V.

−7.2

−3.09%

SBUXStarbucks Corporation

−7.4

−8.54%

PEPPepsiCo, Inc.

−7.8

−7.82%

BKNGBooking Holdings Inc.

−9.1

−7.80%

CMCSAComcast Corporation

−10.3

−16.62%

WDCWestern Digital Corporation

−10.9

−13.81%

INTCIntel Corporation

−14.5

+4.37%

TMUST-Mobile US, Inc.

−16.3

−16.13%

AVGOBroadcom Inc.

−26.7

+0.38%

SPCXSpace Exploration Technologies Corp.

−26.7

+9.71%

Cap weighting, illustrated

Microsoft Corporation and Rocket Lab Corporation moved almost identically (+8.66% vs +10.09%), yet MSFT moved the NASDAQ 100 4,045.6× as much. In a cap-weighted index, the bigger company's weight turns the same percentage move into far more points.

Attribution map

slicing the +1,780 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return

GOOGL+243.5 pts(+5.7%)

GOOG+222.3 pts(+5.3%)

MSFT+215.9 pts(+8.7%)

AAPL+125.5 pts(+3.1%)

MU+101.4 pts(+5.3%)

WMT+80.6 pts(+5.3%)

PLTR+78.5 pts

AMD+71.8 pts(+20.8%)

META+64.2 pts(+11.6%)

AMZN+63.6 pts(+4.2%)

PANW+54.4 pts(+23.7%)

SHOP+52.3 pts(+35.0%)

CRWD+50.0 pts(+31.7%)

NVDA+29.6 pts

AMGN+27.1 pts

SPCX−26.7 pts

AVGO−26.7 pts

MRNA

COST

FTNT

ISRG

SNDK

INTC

DDOG

MRVL

AMAT

KLAC

WDC

CMCSA

BKNG

MSTR

MAR

PEP

CRWV

PDD

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +1,780 pt move · sorted by contribution

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period

Breadth

member returns, this period

−20%0%+20%+40%+60%

From −16.62% (CMCSA) to +64.69% (MRNA). Equal-weight, the NASDAQ 100 would be +4.57% vs the actual +6.11%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +1,780 pts

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